Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2009) - Page 13

demented · 02-02-2009, 18:17

The only change I've seen is the new BBC HD vod stuff, cranford, torchwood etc.

RamJet · 02-02-2009, 19:51

I know SKy & VM have buried the hatchet but

I am a great fan of the Red Button - any chance of getting on VM soon :-

1. Red Button BBC News multi-channels

2. Red Button Sky News multi channels

3. Red Button - Sky Sports - stats especially the Cricket Stats ( with Ashes coming up !)

4. Red Button extra matches when Sky Sports is overlaoded - I missed some of the cricket recently when it was on Red Button - but mine on my V+ box didn't do anything

benpire · 03-02-2009, 10:06

Match Choice too!

LondonRoad · 03-02-2009, 10:12

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Originally Posted by benpire

Match Choice too!

I'll echo that. It's the one reason I no longer subscribe to $ky Sports. Two of my mates are exactly the same.
I wonder how long it will take for $ky to realise that is harming them every bit as much as it's harming VM.

sherer · 03-02-2009, 10:16

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Originally Posted by harmitage

I'll echo that. It's the one reason I no longer subscribe to $ky Sports. Two of my mates are exactly the same.
I wonder how long it will take for $ky to realise that is harming them every bit as much as it's harming VM.

it's more to do with OFCOM who don't treat these services as a proper channel and don't force Sky to give them to other providors

LondonRoad · 03-02-2009, 10:37

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Originally Posted by sherer

it's more to do with OFCOM who don't treat these services as a proper channel and don't force Sky to give them to other providors

Sky could volunteer it. They do lose income by not.

sherer · 03-02-2009, 10:44

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Originally Posted by harmitage

Sky could volunteer it. They do lose income by not.

Not sure that is true though. They probably get more prople going onto Sky due to lack of red button and missing matches etc than they do by offering it to VM. With red button being exclusive to Sky it makes them more attractive, same as them keeping HD channels to Sky they get more people going to Sky for HD than they would if they offered the channels to Freesat or VM

LondonRoad · 03-02-2009, 10:59

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Originally Posted by sherer

Not sure that is true though. They probably get more prople going onto Sky due to lack of red button and missing matches etc than they do by offering it to VM. With red button being exclusive to Sky it makes them more attractive, same as them keeping HD channels to Sky they get more people going to Sky for HD than they would if they offered the channels to Freesat or VM

You're right about the HD and you're right about the red button being an attractive additional favour. I can only go by personal experience and that isn't always an accurate indicator.

Although I would use the red button feature occasionally, it isn't a big enough attraction on it's own to make me want to return to Sky. At least 2 of my mates are the same. All 3 of us no longer have Sky sports as Setanta and match of the day provides us with as much football as we need.

The reason we ditched it was simply because we couldn't see the Scottish teams in the Champions league because of the lack of red button.

This may be a mainly Scottish thing so I suppose the decision not to share the red button may generate more money overall

pedg · 03-02-2009, 12:50

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Originally Posted by sherer

it's more to do with OFCOM who don't treat these services as a proper channel and don't force Sky to give them to other providors

To be fair to OFCOM in their more recent report on this they have noted this and I think they are proposing to force sky to make both the HD and the red button content available at a 'reasonable' price. Its just annoying its taking so long to get to the point where this is agreed (probably due to sky filibustering?). If we do get a deal for the HD and red button channels before then it not be because sky particularly want to do the deal but that they see the sword of ofcom setting the price hanging over them.

Media Boy UK · 04-02-2009, 00:03

BSkyB has got 4 out of 6 TV Rights for English Premier Football from 2010 - 2013.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...ghts-2013.html

Fred Fish · 04-02-2009, 15:33

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Originally Posted by demented

The only change I've seen is the new BBC HD vod stuff, cranford, torchwood etc.

OK I'v looked and cant find it.... I know I should try harder, but could somebody tell me where the BBD HD VOD stuff is?

Cheers

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Originally Posted by Fred Fish

OK I'v looked and cant find it.... I know I should try harder, but could somebody tell me where the BBD HD VOD stuff is?

Cheers

Told you I should have looked harder, I have just found it.... silly me, I thought BBC programme, look on iplayer (should have known better)

Media Boy UK · 04-02-2009, 20:01

BBC HD to show Dr. Who.

V+ viewers will be happy to hear that Doctor Who is going high definition this year.

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, out tomorrow, reveals that the show will be made and broadcast in HD during 2009, according to posters on the Doctor Who Forum website.

Four feature-length specials starring David Tennant will air in 2009 - one at Easter, the others on and around Christmas - before Matt Smith takes over as the Eleventh Doctor in 2010.

http://blog.wotsat.com/page/whatsat?...or_who_goes_hd

Info thanks to wotsat.

OLD BOY · 04-02-2009, 21:38

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Originally Posted by Thebenster

Any news on ITV player coming today? Thanks for update.

I don't know where 2 February came from. The information is that we will get the ITV Player in the spring.

Felim_Doyle · 05-02-2009, 09:24

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Originally Posted by Media Boy

Next Wednesday night will see Trouble + 1 being axe on Virgin Channel 160 (Also on Sky) to make way for Living 2 + 1 to launch on Virgin and Sky.

Info from my V+ Box.

I don't watch Trouble much but I must admit I'm surprised that they have dropped Trouble +1 in favour of Living2 +1 on Virgin Media and on Sky. Both channels are owned by VM.

I presume that Living2 +1 will move to channel 113 on VM to be with it siblings (maybe by 08:00 today). It's still greyed out on channel 160 on my V Box.

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Originally Posted by sherer

don't forget there is the governement digital switch over project, not sure what the end date is for that but I thought it was 2012, could be wrong. Once that has finished there won't be an analogue signal for VM to provide.

Correct me if I'm wrong but it is my understanding that all analogue signals these days, terrestrial or cable, are sourced from the digital signals so an analogue signal could still be provided after the official analogue cutoff. However, I don't see this happening after 2012 on terrestrial and probably not from 2010 on Virgin Media cable. On terrestrial, the frequencies used to broadcast analogue TV will have been reallocated to digital TV and other services. On cable, the bandwidth used for analogue will have been reallocated to digital TV, TVoD, Interactive and Broadband. What will happen in areas with old, expensive to upgrade equipment is uncertain.

spiderplant · 05-02-2009, 09:49

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Originally Posted by Felim_Doyle

I don't watch Trouble much but I must admit I'm surprised that they have dropped Trouble +1 in favour of Living2 +1 on Virgin Media and on Sky.

Check out the viewing figures on the BARB website, and you'll see it makes a lot of sense. Living2 is nearly 5 times as popular as Trouble.

http://www.barb.co.uk/report/weeklyViewingSummary?_s=4